Omar Sosa & Paolo Fresu
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With Omar Sosa and Paolo Fresu, two unique and distinctive musical voices unite in a special duo project. A summit meeting between two adventurous character heads of jazz. Two virtuosos with illustrious careers and a penchant for expanding musical boundaries and exploring new cultures, combine traditional and progressive musical elements from Italy and Cuba.
It was Omar Sosa who once invited Paolo Fresu to enrich his album “Promise” (2007) with his lyrical playing. The chemistry was obviously right: two years later they toured as a duo in Italy, and again a few years later the album “Alma” (2012) was released and critically acclaimed. Their subsequent joint album “Eros” (2016) followed up on this success. “Eros” is a profound and consistent work dedicated to the many facets and mysteries of love. With their distinctive blend of poetry and spirituality, they show the beauty that music is capable of revealing. With sporadic use of electronics and percussion, they manage to combine the Afro-Cuban idiom with the Mediterranean in a chamber-musical. Sometimes melancholic, sometimes playful way, and not excluding a high-spirited excursion to Africa. Their soundscapes, which they create with great care and sensitivity, lead to brilliant and extraordinary live performances. Here two outstanding performers have found each other, inspiring and challenging each other.
Press
“A surprising journey.”
– Il Manifesto
“A fresh mix of acoustic and electronic sounds.”
– Il Venerd di Repubblica
“A beautiful recording.”
– Panorama
“A rare taste for melody, a winning trademark of the Sosa-Fresu team, with curiosity for electronic elements and rumorismo (noise music), played with intelligence.”
– Il Sole 24 Ore